his accomplishments though are often overshadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment rate there is despair nobody can deny that there is this sense of hopelessness nobody can deny that however a country there is no hope that we can fix the pot and go towards a more prosperous than $87.00 days of national mourning have been declared as the country honors the life and legacy of a sense be no no worries go to the start of this mission on a positive note and he finished that the same way may he rest in peace his predecessors heard the country but he was a good man who served his country no one did that before him no one shot. we hope the next president will be even better we hope our country will be stable and safe we had some terrorism but the country doesn't blame him it's unclear who will be the front runner in tunisia's next presidential election but the groundwork has already been laid out for what should be a smooth transition katia lopez so the yawn al-jazeera. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back one of africa's most important

economies which relies heavily on coal which is trying to tackle air pollution we'll tell you how. and between the rock and a hard place the act of throwing his weight behind an indigenous cause in hawaii on stay with us. we got more right on the cots for japan over the next couple of days we have a tropical storm it's a weak one but it's awful storm nevertheless just pushing up towards honshu it will make its way across southern and eastern parts of kona shit that's because through the next couple of days 31 celsius in tokyo another hot and humid day to come here on saturday tend to increase and humid as we go on through the weekend as that wet weather starts to drive its way in much of honshu saying some pretty big downpours not too concerned about the winds but the right could cause some localized flooding

libya if you shop shows to across the korean peninsula come across into northern parts of china lossy dry wanted to erode showers here the showers a little more widespread across southern parts of china down towards as eastern coast is particularly southeastern corner hong kong at about 33 celsius well so weather coming back again as we go on into sunday stretched across the south china seas will see some showers along the spells of rain to also affecting a good part of the philippines particularly into northern and central parts of the philippines but about across a good parts of central and southern areas of vietnam down across the combo dia want to see showers a possibility into thailand but i think the bangkok it should be largely dry if a little on the humid side this weekend. take the worst possible material eurabia. to die. comparable to flour and make

a meal out of it and put it into a place where people live it is a cause colossal event. as well and so many people are thinking this is the file in cuba but doesn't make you feel nice you feel like a murderer we have created an enormous and little mental disaster. and investigation south africa toxic city on al jazeera. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here this hour sanctions on north korea appear to be having a devastating effect on its economy shrank by the most in 21 years according to figures compiled by the south central bank young young does not disclose economic

figures to ms is observing 7 days of mourning for its president was 2 year old beijing titus obscene who died on thursday but he's been taken to the presidential palace in carthage where he buried on saturday a subsea it was replaced by the speaker part of. the u.n. says as many as $150.00 refugees and migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya around $300.00 people on board 2 boats that left the town of commons east of the capital tripoli. now this optimism in the kurdish region of northern iraq the economy's improving 5 years after the defeat of or following the formation of a new government this year many people are now hoping for a more positive future natasha the name reports now from a bill. when we 1st met the hussein is male family last year they were worrying about how they would pay their bills each month after their salaries were slashed to hard works for the government and bacall teaches the government

owes them even more money $15000.00 in unpaid wages but at least now they're getting paid their full salary. salary still feeling secure we're getting our full cellar is now but we can't be sure that will be the case next month there are 1400000 people working for the government and public sector in the semi-autonomous region of northern iraq they watch their paychecks shrink or disappear beginning in 2014 that's when the war with ice will began the price of oil plummeted and the federal government in baghdad cut budget payments to the kurdistan regional government austerity measures were implemented and workers paid the price with reduced salary. the dispute has been resolved the new prime minister who came to power this year says the estimated $10000000000.00 that's owed to public sector

employees will be paid although he's not given a timeframe the government says unemployment has dropped from 14 percent in 2016 to 9 percent so far this year there's more confidence among people like business men come out aga he develops residential and commercial buildings he says when i saw began terrorizing the region he was forced to put 20 percent of his construction projects on whole. look on them and i lost between $14.00 and $16000000.00 now i have a belief with the stability of the situation in the kurdish region the wheels of the economy will be back on track will earn money again and business will be fine. with the freedom to think beyond meeting their minimum expenses because it is focusing on the family's future. we have plans in our heads the 1st one is to visit the doctor so we can pay for fertility treatments to have

a 2nd child if we keep getting our salaries as we are now will be able to perform our dreams for their 4 and a half year old daughter to knock the hope of having a sibling to play with can't come quickly enough natasha going to aim al-jazeera. spanish voters could be heading to their 4th general election in 4 years after the acting prime minister better sanchez failed to form a government is socialist party want to snap election in april but fell short of a majority sanchez needed the support of the far left coalition you need us podium us to be confirmed as prime minister but the 2 parties failed to reach a deal if sanchez can't break the deadlock in 2 months a new election will be held in them by. a gang of armed men in power brazil has stolen $14000000.00 worth of gold and other precious metals from an airport cargo terminal authorities say the 8 suspects were dressed as brazilian police and forced airport workers to fill a truck 2 workers were taken hostage the gold was destined for your it and your.

heat wave or sent temperatures soaring across europe breaking records from france to the netherlands and germany the new high force the shutdown of a nuclear reactor after the cooling water got too hot heat waves are becoming increasingly common and serve as a reminder of the impact of climate change that in barbara ports now in london. enjoying the heat in paris the water fountains by the eiffel tower are a popular place for those trying to stay cool. as a red alert was issued for northern france in the capital reached an all time national record of $41.00 celsius well french media reports suggest 5 deaths might to be linked to the current heat wave. and the netherlands all recorded the highest temperatures and they did it again thursday 40 degrees celsius.

in the belgian capital brussels are making the most of it it's led to a so-called code red being issued for the. trees. in london staged a small protest outside base building housing media outlets demanding the. images of fun in the sun and more in explaining the extreme weather. we can talk about a short stay on record with headlines like what scorcher without looking into why is it the hottest thing and what does that mean for she manatee what's that mean in the next 102030 years. there were to eat for food for particularly for people in developing countries who this is affecting right now but al-jazeera had no difficulty finding people who are concerned about what's driving the increasingly common heat waves people start realizing that things are changing and

quite quickly in climate and so yes it is the moment to just to change something. before it's too late this is something that makes our planet less. comfortable to live on so we have to think about how to stop it so that also our children can still survive on this planet most people here in britain welcome a bit of sunshine but for when the humidity and on a day like this the priority for lots of people is actually staying in the shade more broadly more and more starting to draw the line between europe 6 streams summers and the climate crisis the u.k. government's advisory committee on climate change has warned the country is not prepared for the extremes that global warming is expected to bring here the current heat which prompted health warnings and brought trains to a standstill in some parts. and in southern europe this was greece on wednesday a series of wildfires are a reminder of conditions that many are calling the new normal. of all those

conditions how their upsides they bring their own dangers the dean barber al-jazeera london. now destruction of the amazon forest is fast approaching a levels on which may never be able to recover that's according to satellite data from brazil's government already this month more than 1300 square kilometers of rain forest has been cleared from large scale farming and last year 120000 square kilometers were wiped out well the president jebel sonera has placed the government's environmental agency under the agricultural ministry and critics say he's expanding land clearance and logging well a 3rd of all pristine rain forest in brazil has been cut down or burnt and that includes lands where tribes of people have cared for the forests for centuries scientists say the amazon could now become a savannah all this could also affect brazil's trade agreement with the european union it's been agreed but not yet ratified and commits both sides to slowing down deforestation as per the paris climate accord well the head of the campaign's

coordinator for fern that's an environmental and social justice organization she told us earlier about some positive steps being taken to protect the amazon this week on tuesday the e.u. published an action plan which sees the e.u. for the 1st time opening the door to regulator measures that would set standards on the goods that the imports to ensure they're not associated with deforestation are for a sacred ation. it wants this to be a partnership approach so the e.u. is not going to impose its standards on other countries but the e.u. does have a duty to respond to the increasing concern among you consumers about the impact that their consumption is having on forests on the people who depend on these forests and with this communication with this action plan that it published this week it shows that the e.u. is for the 1st time willing to bring in new options that could be regulator read that would ensure that products that are being placed on the market from countries

such as brazil would not be linked to human rights abuses. or different station. south african business is paying a carbon tax that tries to fight climate change one of africa's biggest economies is hoping the move will help force big polluters to change. south africa is a continent of most industrialized economy and one of africa's worst polluters its economy relies heavily on coal a dirty fossil fuel to produce electricity environment groups say the towering coal fired power stations release dangerous carbon emissions every day into the atmosphere the government introduced a carbon tax earlier this month requiring big polluting companies to pay tax each time they emit greenhouse gases those in favor of the tax hope it will be enough of a deterrent and they must remember that the more they pollute there's a concoction of pollutants in the atmosphere you can do business in a did climate a message that we're getting there they should do things possible. to that because

emissions are much $8.00 times per person every year the world bank says that's among the highest in the developing world it's ranked among the dirtiest energy producers in the world number 16 on the global emissions list. the paris agreement on climate change and committed to an emission reduction of 34 percent by 2020 and 42 percent by 2025 but industry experts warn in a country where the official unemployment rate is more than 27 percent carbon taxes and to growth and jobs and anti investment the problem is the cost increases and the uncertainty around how the search will be applied because the carbon budget regulations have not been published and. the carbon offset regulations. it could still be years if was there is a significant reduction in carbon emissions and that's only if the carbon tax law proves to be effective south africans who support carbon tax say the money must be

used to benefit poor communities by helping pay for programs. provide cleaner and safer energy for low income households. people living near coal fired power stations are concerned about the health temple is one of millions of south africans who are unemployed and don't have access to electricity he got a call from nearby mines so that his family can cook and keep warm in winter there's of course it's not right the feds are breaking i think the chemical they use that's making us sick but we have to live with it what else can we do until coal is one day replaced by a greener energy sources or gas emissions are drastically reduced for mining communities will continue to be polluted air every day. al-jazeera in my likely any south africa. now the governor of hawaii has agreed to negotiate with protestors over the construction of a giant telescope the $1400000000.00 project is being built on a mountain that's considered one of the world's best viewing platforms but many

indigenous hawaiians also consider it sacred and have been blocking access to the site almost 2 weeks mike hanna reports to gather for the monday after more than a week of protests by native hawaiians and activists the government in honolulu was forced to act this week the state's governor visited the controversial construction site of the 30 meter telescope project taking to listen to the concerns of the protesters the demonstrators say the project would disagree the sacred ground supply hawaiian mountain. and the governor now recognizes their grievances saying he's willing to work with the protesters we are committed to. finding a weak or. in a peaceful more uncertain most important to harbor dialogue and much opposition will be required. as we move forward i don't want to see anyone suffer and we will see people get sick and die if they're forced to spend 3 weeks 3 months

or god forbid 3 years blocking this road i'm heartened by his presence i'm glad he's here i think he will experience what we've been saying about what this place looks and feels like about kind of. the passion of all the people who are willing to withstand these these cold temperatures and i should conditions many native hawaiians have long been angered by the presence of a number of observatories on the mountain they know as mana chaos but the $1500000000.00 project also has supporters who are expected to rally at the state capitol on thursday among their many native hawaiians insisting the project will create jobs. the international attention over the mountain protest has drawn star power back to the rock johnson is samoan but grew up and know why and understands the pain of protesters at what they view as sacrilege. to respect the

culture and respect people and doing the right way. but underlying the debate an argument that is about more than a sacred mountain it's also about the state's economic interests being given priority. over native hawaiian cultural rights a concern that resonates the big island. al-jazeera. part of a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera sanctions on north korea appear to be having a devastating effect on its economy it shrunk by the most in 21 years according to figures compiled by the south central bank pyongyang does not disclose its economic figures. is observing 7 days of mourning for its president tonight

a 2 year old. who died on thursday his body has been taken to the presidential palace and carthage will be buried on saturday was replaced by the speaker of parliament the un's demanding immediate action after the worst mediterranean tragedy so far this year as many as $150.00 refugees and migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya around $300.00 people who were on board 2 boats that left the town of comps east of the capital tripoli. in northeast nigeria at least 2 people have been killed in an attack by boko haram fighters on one of the region's biggest scams for internally displaced people the army says the raid nima do grief was repelled. hundreds of activists have packed inside the main terminal of hong kong's airport as they continue their call for greater democracy this is the scene at the main arrivals area where crowds are trying to take their message to international visitors they're angry at what they see as china's growing influence on the hong kong affairs and the government response to weeks of rallies

protests began over a planned extension lot of ground into some of the biggest in decades the union a flight attendant's for hong kong airline cathay pacific is supporting the protest and the airport workers have also joined in. a record heat wave is continuing across western europe paris recorded its highest ever temperature on thursday at 42.6 degrees celsius records were also set in the netherlands belgium and germany climate scientists are warning extreme heat waves before are more common in the coming years. and a gang of armed men in sao paolo brazil has stolen $40000000.00 worth of gold and other precious metals from an airport cargo terminal authorities say the 8 suspects were dressed as police and forced airport workers to fill a truck 2 workers were taken hostages the goal was destined to 0 and new york those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after inside story stage and also watching.

a power sharing deal is agreed to and sudan but there's talk of another coup attempt that it's apparently been foiled about senior military officers have been arrested so what the deal yet to be emperor minute what does this all mean and can turmoil be contained this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey for months people protested in sudan calling for

a civilian rule several people were killed hundreds injured once again people are out on the streets but this time the sudanese professional association has mobilized its supporters to show that they are committed to a new start all this after ethiopia and the african union worked to bring them all to the negotiating table stands opposition coalition has met to resolve differences over the formation of a transitional government with the ruling military council and they've reached what they're calling a political deal but the military says it boiled a coup attempt on wednesday and the military chief of staff was among high ranking officials who were detained to get thoughts on that from our guests in a moment 1st this report from him morgan and the ethiopian capital addis ababa. the result of more than 3 weeks of talks among sudan's opposition leaders bearing fruit after numerous meetings between the armed groups of the coalition known as the forces for freedom and change and the civilian components of the coalition the 2 sides reached a deal that was all out war the real what the you know we are

a coalition a united coalition but we also think that sudan's revolutionary front groups coalition has to be part of this transitional government so we will have more talks a representation an old liberals will ensure that peace is achieved and can guarantee a stable transitional period the 2 sides also agree to form a hierarchy to meet the opposition coalition. i think it's had lacked since it was established in january it ends tension between the coalition leaders especially after members signed an initial power sharing agreement with sudan's military council in hot its own last week that was done without to content of the armed groups some of them have been fighting the government for over 18 years and want some level of representation in a transitional government and the most of those who believe we have agreed to speed up the formation of a civilian transitional government in the 1st step is ensuring pace these talks reached a comprehensive peace agreement with groups we haven't yet decided who will hold positions in a transitional government. the deal paves the way for the opposition to resume

talks and sign a final agreement with the military the genter is currently rulings to dan after ousting the country's long time ruler on what it was here in a military coup in april following months of anti-government protests that they do you can see that on wednesday the military council said a coup attempt was made to try to overthrow it they're not going to let me know christiane that all 3 years have the military forces were able to uncover the details of the plan in the participants led by general husham ahmed the military joint chief of staff and a number of military officers and senior members of the national intelligence and security service this is in addition to leaders from the islamic movement and the national congress party that have been taken into custody. but. as the opposition comes out seemingly united from the talks and i disavow people in sudan continue to wait for not only a final deal between the coalition and the military but for the demands 1st a 1000000000 rule and accountability to be met this if they want all signs of

elements of the former government gone to believe that the revolution they started is victorious people morgan august 0. l. over to the panel and card. will bark spokeswoman for the sudanese professionals association and. both founder and president of the sudan policy form and yasser arman a sudanese opposition member joining us from there skype welcome to all of you yes i want to start with you what is it that you know about this political deal as it's being called that's been reached with the opposition coalition what do you know about this well lead to worry about those the leadership of the freedom unchanged coalition that is a collision. an immense and a great contribution to the sudanese are provisions were here or not is about.

formally our bull's-eye negotiation position and we had want to include. issues or these transform asian and to bring democratization and receive this was sitting meant that hunts in hands and also to discuss issues of restructuring the sudanese did an issue because of equal. citizenship and those are various issues for a new social political cultural dispenses and when you talk about equal citizenship telt talk more about that what do you mean. well i mean that does you know sudan is a country that is a dangerous country and this deficit diffuse deficit does not beautiful meit's so out the used to the view of dissidents since independence of sudan and that one of

the sources or the instep belief of the wars that. has been going on in sudan says 156 and so we need to use the supervision as a mechanism. to solve gotten issues and problems that has this done and one of them it was citizenship that was so done before the independent of south sudan in one system of more than 570 different nationalities the right ones in more than 160 languages this has not been to my eyes and done his bottle of the mine valley civilization which is black civilization which has been going on for more than 7000 years while laid when you and i spoken about this this whole sudan situation for the past few weeks and you would actually mention to me before that a key to anything being successful there would be dealing with all of the different

parts. of the coalition all the different all of the different ethnicities are you encouraged that it seems they have come to some sort of agreement. thank you for having me i i think. there is there is hope if there is i mean in the past. previous 3 games have tried to super imposed peace settlements and the more those governments tried to super impose those peace settlements. the more they failed to be the premier. of the embodiment of the of the unity of the people and the custodian of their hopes so now i know them know that people are realizing that they need to. address the structural issues destruction of roots of the problem i think we come

close the closer than ever to reaching for. a final peace settlement however the way i look at it it's the peace process itself is poorly designed the process is poorly designed in the sense that it seeps out perspectives that are. sympathetic to the poor to the in pinelli displaced community to the model you know lies to the poor the women in general and secondly i think. it clearly strains a bit was in is that it limits that is to say it limits the debate between north and elites and rebel leaders who i mean what the groups are trying i mean to do produced to maintain this type the school and that that won't be helpful at all so am i late so i think does that mean so are you saying that these are what you see as still weaknesses and the coalition coming to some sort of

a brain that these are deficiencies you still say. the coalition are you talking about the forces of freedom and i'm talking about a document on the opposite i'm talking about the opposition saying the various opposition groups and the rebel groups saying that they've come to a political deal today so now they can get back to the table with the transitional council that's what i'm talking about i'm saying do you are you encouraged by that particular development or do you still see weaknesses and that particular coalition no i think we have we i mean we have to help. the forces of freedom and change because i mean doug body despite of all the agreements that we might have what was it it's it has presented a unique opportunity for the sudanese people. to form a coalition one that is civic and political 5 however those those

yankee elites i mean some of them want to titian's but others like experience we need to support them we need to give them to provide them with advice and they shouldn't pick a sport all right they shouldn't think that they are free of blame they made mistakes they ought to recognize those mistakes and try to live from their mistakes but for us to do we can do them i think by weakening them we are weakening our own selves and we are given antidemocratic forces a chance to move to make a move forward some hair on this political deal how sound is it to you how necessary is it for this to work to even get back to the negotiating table for anything to work. well it's very important that all the parties and all the components of the forces of freedom and change and the

components that have not signed on the freedom and changed narration are on the same hate because at this stage it's a stage of moving forward and the initial this agreement in particular is very important because we're talking about the 6 months of peace after which we are going to start that reconstruction and rebuilding process and for us. to speak of rebel groups and arms rebels these rebels went out to face the previous reaching its end this previous regime for us to face it right now. we need to lay down arms and we need to sync off of the results of this revolution to start a democratic process that will be that will represent all components of the different components and all resolutions and conflicts to be set in place and to be addressed that it's a good course while it's so this news announcement that there was an attempted coup

and there were arrests made including the head of the joint chiefs of staff what do you make of that. it's my meaning if you look at the military council the way it has been. doing this situation it has been dragging its feet now we have to realize is there and listen until it makes again when and serious. due to make it to making a transition to democracy they will. be valued. so are i think from the very beginning it was very obvious that the neighborhood done mainly. if you. turned into a.